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J Michael Cole

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Cross-Strait Taiwan Politics
China, Money and Amnesia: A Story of Taiwanese Media Complicity
Posted On December 26, 2018 J Michael Cole 0

Taiwanese media have become involved in a process of depoliticization which can only help Beijing achieve its objectives over the …

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China World
A Survival Guide to (Chinese) Authoritarian ‘Lawfare’
Posted On December 19, 2018 J Michael Cole 0

An expansionist, revisionist party-state apparatus that for decades has refined the means by which it silences its critics at home …

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Society & Culture Taiwan Politics
What Makes the Nation?
Posted On December 7, 2018 J Michael Cole 0

What sets Taiwan apart, and what gives it its value, is what it stands for — its national narrative, the …

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Cross-Strait Taiwan Politics
Assessing The Impact of the 11/24 Elections in Three Questions
Posted On November 26, 2018 J Michael Cole 0

The Democratic Progressive Party suffered a major setback in Saturday’s ‘nine-in-one’ elections, losing seven of the 13 cities and counties …

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Society & Culture Taiwan Politics
An Appeal to Reason (and Love) on 11/24
Posted On November 20, 2018 J Michael Cole 0

On Saturday, Taiwanese must use their precious vote to cast the devil of unreason, of lies and maliciousness into the …

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Cross-Strait Taiwan Politics
That’s What ‘Fake News’ Looks Like and What it Does to Democracy
Posted On November 12, 2018 J Michael Cole 0

A fabricated incident during the Kaohsiung mayoral candidates’ debate at the weekend demonstrates how disinformation can be used to undermine …

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Cross-Strait Editor Picks Taiwan Politics
‘Deep Greens’ are Playing with Fire in their Attempt to Sabotage the Tsai Administration
Posted On November 6, 2018 J Michael Cole 0

For those who favor a free and independent Taiwan, Tsai Ing-wen remains their best bet. But they will have to …

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Society & Culture
As Taipei Celebrates Diversity, Anti-LGBT Group Warns of ‘Nefarious’ Western Influence
Posted On October 28, 2018 J Michael Cole 0

The conservative Happiness of the Next Generation Alliance has called on Taiwanese to resist machinations by Western countries to undermine …

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China World
Xinjiang Will Be China’s Palestine
Posted On October 25, 2018 J Michael Cole 0

By so utterly mishandling Xinjiang, Beijing has opened a new front along its peripheries, one that could result in terrible …

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China Cross-Strait Editor Picks
Chinese Interference in Taiwan’s Elections is Part of a Two-Pronged Attack on Democracy
Posted On October 24, 2018 J Michael Cole 0

For the November elections, vote buying is no longer the purely local problem it once was. It is now directly …

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China Cross-Strait
Taiwan’s ‘Soft Power’ is Severely Underfunded — And China is Partly Responsible
Posted On October 4, 2018 J Michael Cole 0

There is no reason why bright young minds, research centers, web site operators, film producers and others who are committed …

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China Cross-Strait
China’s Dangerous ‘Bottom-Up’ Ultranationalism and the 85℃ Incident: a Warning
Posted On August 17, 2018 J Michael Cole 0

By allowing netizens to define its cross-Strait policy, Beijing risks losing control of the situation and could cause severe harm …